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5 To Be - Interrogative

Verbs

Glagol To Be je neophodan u engleskoj gramatici. To je pomoćni glagol i jedan je od nepravilnih glagola u engleskom jeziku.
(Vidit ćemo njegovu uporabu u kombinaciji s ostalim glagolima kako bi izrazili radnje i navike u present continousu).

Upitni oblik se koristi kod upitnih rečenica.

EXTRA: To Be = Biti.

Upitni oblik glagola To Be (moguć zahvaljujući inverziji) ima slijedeću strukturu:
Verb + subject + question mark (?).

VERB TO BE SUBJECT QM
Am I …?
Are you …?
Is he …?
Is she …?
Is it …?
Are we …?
Are you …?
Are they …?

Skraćeni oblik upitnog oblika ne postoji.

To Be se koristi sa:

  1. Imenicama
    • Am I a student?
    • Is he a lawyer?
    • Are we doctors?
  2. Pridjevima
    • Am I tall?
    • Is he polite?
    • Are many people happy?
  3. Priložnim oznakama
    • Is my book on the bed?
    • Is there a good movie on TV?
    • Are there eggs in the box?

To Be se koristi kad govorimo o:

  1. Starosti
    • Am I 12 years old?
    • Is he 35 years old?
    • Are we 35?
  2. Cijeni
    • Is this coat $100?
    • Is this dress $50?
    • Are the books $80 in total?
  3. Veličini
    • Is a standard double bed 5 feet wide?
    • Is the dress medium?
    • Are the blue shoes size 38?
  4. Obliku
    • Is the table square?
    • Is the building rectangle-shaped?
    • Is the tower oval-shaped?
  5. Boji
    • Is my hair brown?
    • Are his eyes green?
    • Is our room pink?
  6. Nacionalnosti
    • Am I from Greece?
    • Is he Italian?
    • Are they French?

To Be ima vrlo osnovnu strukturu kad je u kombinaciji sa drugim vrstama riječi (imenicama, pridjevima, prilozima), glagol nam daje više detalja o okolnostima u kojima se nalazi subjekt.

To Be se koristi sa:

  1. Imenicama;
  2. Pridjevima;
  3. Prijedložnim oznakama (nadopunama).

To Be se koristi za opisivanje karekterisitka subjekta, npr.

  1. Godina;
  2. Cijena;
  3. Veličina;
  4. Oblik;
  5. Boja;
  6. Nacionalnost.

Glagol To Be je jedan od najkorištenijih pomoćnih glagola u engleskom jeziku. Ukoliko se koristi u Upitnom Obliku, koristimo ga za oblikovanje pitanja. To Be se često koristi s imenicama, pridjevima i prijedložnim oznakama.

Glagol To Be u Upitnom Obliku izgleda ovako:
Verb + subject + question mark (?) (e.g. Are you an actress?).

Npr:
— “Are you an actress?” = Glagol pita o karakteristikama subjekta.
— “Is he tall?” =
— “Is their mom 38 years old?” =

NOTE: Skraćena verzija u upitnom obliku ne postoji. (Is Toni English? - ‘s Toni English?).

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